I am a big fan of order.
Some might consider it unnatural (blasphemous, even) that I would say such a thing, when I consider myself a man who enjoys creative work, which many people associate with an absence of routine, organisation and a host of other unexciting things.
If there was a school of thought that rejects such an association, then I’m definitely part of it. Take time management, for example. I’m not great at it, but on my good days (like today), it’s a wonderful feeling when I’ve finished things on schedule and more importantly, in so doing, allows me to have time to sit here, munch on some cookies and think about how to rule the world [insert appropriate creative pursuit].
…or maybe it’s just the dictatorial side of me, vicariously expressing my preference for stable, controlled environments.
In any case, the real reason why I brought up order in the first place was because Timeless 2012 – which had consumed my life in its entirety for the past 3-4 weeks – is finally over! And now I have some room in my life to catch up on skipped lectures/classes and to get back into some of my more productive routines e.g. the simple rules I had set earlier last month …most of which, needless to say, were broken with anarchic ease when Timeless occupied my life.
But all the personal rule-breaking was worth it! The audience responded well to the acting, the script and the performances. Also, the trailers that I worked on were pretty successful, considering I completed both of them in less than a week, and both got close to 2,000 views. Of course, I’ll never know if they actually translated into ticket sales, but to help me sleep at night, I shall stubbornly delude myself into believing that they did!
And while we’re on the subject, let me finish by introducing two new characters in the classroom of Zhi!
Meet Monsieur Order and Madame Chaos. Monsieur Order is a man of principles and predictability – he believes that rules are always good; they provide clarity and it is only in a condition of clarity that one can act to best of his/her capacity to reason. A mind is a terrible thing to waste, and his view is that by keeping the mind’s efforts in a well-defined space, our personal resources are expended most wisely.
But of course, Madame Chaos would beg to differ – her view of life, whilst capricious, boils down to one simple idea: unlike Monsieur Order, she believes that we can never truly explain and understand with geometric precision the events and experiences that occur during the course of our existence. She will not surrender her joie de vivre, for it is from such a feeling that she attains freedom, and only a free mind can imagine the possibilities that truly matter.
It’s almost similar to my aims with afatpenguin, except this guy is already a fairly established name I think! Ah, one day, perhaps… haha!
